Deck 9: The Role of the Internet in Crime and Deviance

Question 1

Facebook had, as of the end of 2016, ______ billion active users.

A) 1.14
B) 1.28
C) 1.56
D) 1.79

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Facebook is worth ______ billion.

A) 20
B) 50
C) 70
D) 100

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Facebook accessed by ______ billion people every day.

A) 1.18
B) 1.25
C) 1.79
D) 1.56

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following entities was established in 1995?

A) eBay
B) Google
C) Wikipedia
D) YouTube

Question 5

Google was established in:

A) 1995.
B) 1998.
C) 2001.
D) 2005.

Question 6

Which of the following online entities was established in 2001?

A) eBay
B) Google
C) Wikipedia
D) Twitter

Question 7

Twitter was established in:

A) 2005.
B) 2007.
C) 2009.
D) 2011.

Question 8

The global Internet population is at a ______ penetration (representing 918.3% growth since 2000).

A) 20.5%
B) 50.1%
C) 76.1%
D) 83.9%

Question 9

Leading the world table is ______ where 89% of the population are online.

A) South America
B) North American
C) Latin America
D) Europe

Question 10

Just 28.7% of ______ population has Internet access.

A) North America
B) South American
C) Africa's
D) New Zealand

Question 11

Of the total world Internet users by region, 50.2% are in ______.

A) Asia
B) Europe
C) North American
D) the Middle East

Question 12

Of the total world Internet users by region, 16.7% are in:

A) Asia.
B) the Middle East.
C) Latin America.
D) Europe.

Question 13

In terms of languages, 948.6 million Internet users communicate in English, followed next by ______ language speakers at 751.9 million.

A) Portuguese
B) Japanese
C) Chinese
D) Arabic

Question 14

Use of the Internet in China grew from 22 million in 2000 to approximately ______ by mid-2016.

A) 179 million
B) 490 million
C) 581 million
D) 721 million

Question 15

Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma has set up Taobao to compete with ______.

A) Twitter
B) Wikipedia
C) eBay
D) Google

Question 16

______ has also become the home of much activity that criminologists usually refer to by the shorthand term "cybercrime." "

A) Russia
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Japan
D) China

Question 17

Examples of computer-oriented crimes include which of the following?

A) malicious software
B) denial of service attacks
C) defacement
D) all of these

Question 18

______ is now home to the world's largest collection of malware-infected computers.

A) Tokyo
B) Beijing
C) Paris
D) London

Question 19

Which of the following were areas of terrorist practice that have been enhanced by the Internet and the Web?

A) finance
B) security
C) learning
D) all of these

Question 20

All of the following were identified as forms of invasion of privacy except:

A) spamming.
B) stalking.
C) trolling.
D) defamation.

Question 21

One increasingly prevalent crime, originating particularly in countries in West Africa, and targeting women in Europe and the United States, is ______.

A) credit card fraud
B) online dating scams
C) Ponzi schemes
D) investment fraud

Question 22

Phishing takes place when communications purporting to come from legitimate organizations target Internet users, inducing them to voluntarily surrender sensitive financial information.

A) spamming
B) phishing
C) stalking
D) trolling

Question 23

Users of eBay reported an estimated total of more than ______ crimes in 2007.

A) 2,000
B) 4,000
C) 6,000
D) 8,000

Question 24

According to one report, police investigate an alleged eBay scam every ______.

A) minute
B) hour
C) day
D) week

Question 25

Social networking sites are used by people of all ages, they have particularly revolutionized the ways in which young people communicate, compete, and interact.

Question 26

Start-up costs of Internet access are still prohibitively high for the poorest people in the world.

Question 27

Regional growth in Internet use is always smooth and continuous.

Question 28

Developed countries will benefit from increased access to knowledge, increased economic flexibility, and increased communication efficiency.

Question 29

The biggest distributor of online video in China is Yukou Tudou, which has overtaken YouTube with over 12bn megabytes of data transfers every day.

Question 30

The Russian media have been described as being in transition between totalitarianism and market authoritarianism

Question 31

All Chinese Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have to register with the police and all Internet users must sign a declaration that they will not visit forbidden sites.

Question 32

Cybercrime is a word that encompasses both "computer-assisted" and "computer-Oriented" crimes.

Question 33

Patents are considered intellectual property.

Question 34

Electronic reproduction of data can take many forms. One of the most common is "peer-to-peer" (or P2P) file-sharing

Question 35

Trolling is formerly known as flaming.

Question 36

Every U.S. state has some form of antibullying law.

Question 37

Digital piracy is not costing the film and music industry.

Question 38

Invasion of privacy takes many forms from "spamming" to online defamation, stalking, and violence.

Question 39

Identity theft is more strongly experienced by young people.

Question 40

What are the six areas of terrorist practice that have been substantially altered or enhanced by the Internet and the Web? Can anything be done to prevent those practices from taking place?

Question 41

How do cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare impact countries?

Question 42

What is sexting? Research your states' actions in preventing sexting and cyberbullying. What is being done to prevent sexting from taking place?

Question 43

Given the recent controversy concerning the November 2016 presidential election. What is the current stance of the Russian hacking probe? What can be done to prevent hacking attacks such as those in future elections?

Question 44

What can be done to prevent individuals from identity theft?